Critics Flashcards
“The Rivals begins where other plays end”
Stern
“Every obstacle… Is internal rather than external”
Stern
“Built out of opposites”
Stern
“Audience never have to share the character’s worries”
Stern
“The single moment of tragedy in the play is hers”
Stern
“The best sustained and most natural of any character”
Moore -Sir A
“Sir Anthony Absolute and his son are the most sterling characters of the play”
Hazlitt
“Should be as odd a compound in external appearance”
Hazlitt -Acres
“In delineating Faulkland he took a discerning view of his own disposition”
Inchbald
“Faulkland is, no doubt, the most original character”
Inchbald
“Not easily done to the life”
Hazlitt -Lyd
“Lydia is becoming… Increasing absolute”
Stern
“He could have been the playwright’s ideal”
Leff
“Deliberately employed sentimentalism to ensure success”
Leff
“Overcharged with… Whims and absurdities”
Moore
